Rex Larsen | The Grand Rapids Press"Salt and Earth," a 2009 ArtPrize entry by North Carolina artist Young Kim won a special award at last year's competition after failing to gather enough popular votes to make the Top 10 finalists.GRAND RAPIDS -- ArtPrize, which became the world's biggest cash prize for art, will be even more lucrative this fall by at least $20,000.

ArtPrize today is unveiling four additional awards, worth at least $5,000 each, that will be handed out at the end of the second urban exhibition and competition.

These juried awards will be chosen not by viewers, but by art professionals in four categories.

While a part of ArtPrize 2010, the juried awards will be separate from the $449,000 in prize money given to the Top 10 finalists, chosen in two rounds of voting, by viewers using social media to pick their favorite works.

• The juried awards from four recognized authorities will carry weight in the wider art community.

"Getting the award from any of these jurors, in and of itself, means something," Holsinger-Robinson said. "The money is a great benefit, but we also want to take seriously how we're promoting and developing artists through ArtPrize."

• The juried component also will nurture viewers' insight into the work that will be exhibited Sept. 22 through Oct. 10 in downtown Grand Rapids.